Definitions

thorough

[thur-oh, thuhr-oh] / ˈθɜr oʊ, ˈθʌr oʊ /

ADJECTIVE

all-encompassing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accurate careful complete comprehensive detailed exhaustive full intensive meticulous painstaking profound

WEAK

absolute arrant consummate exact extreme finished ingrained out-and-out thoroughly unmitigated utter

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless incomplete incomprehensive needy thoughtless undetailed unfinished

WEAK

cursory partial sciolistic superficial

Example Sentences

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Warsh has also been adamant about reducing Fed communications, and has promised a thorough review encompassing speeches, press conferences, the so-called dot plot of inflation forecasts, and even policy meeting transcripts and minutes.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

The PRP requires people to sit a language and history exam and more thorough documentation.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

“We do a thorough screening of any merchant that’s selling on our marketplace,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

“They’re going to have to do a very thorough inspection of the fleet,” Birkey said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

So thorough was the erasure that within a few generations neither conqueror nor conquered knew that this world had existed.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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